The 14-year-old boy who allegedly killed two people and injured five others at Bangkok’s Siam Paragon mall on Tuesday used a modified “blank gun” that could fire real bullets, according to the Thai authorities.
Blank guns, or blank firing guns, refer to imitation firearms – mostly pistols – that can be loaded with blank bullets and are often used as starting pistols in sports competitions or on movie sets.
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